間違い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
間	違
ま Grade: 2	ちが Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 間違う (machigau, “to make a mistake”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) まちがい [màchígáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ma̠t͡ɕiɡa̠i]

Noun

間(ま)違(ちが)い • (machigai) ^{←まちがひ (matigafi)?}

1. a mistake

   この文(ぶん)章(しょう)には多(おお)くの間(ま)違(ちが)いがある。

   Kono bunshō ni wa ōku no machigai ga aru.

   There are many mistakes in this sentence.

2. an error by mistake, misjudgment, or misconception.
   • 2016 April 23, “暁(あかつき)輝(かがや)きの発(はつ)動(どう)者(しゃ)”, in エルドラージ覚醒, Wizards of the Coast:

     「我(われ)々(われ)がエメリアやウーラやコーシとして知(し)っていたものは、神(かみ)の如(ごと)き存(そん)在(ざい)でもなんでもない、残(ざん)忍(にん)な計(けい)略(りゃく)で、大(おお)きな間(ま)違(ちが)いでしかなかったのだ。」

     “Wareware ga Emeria ya Ūra ya Kōshi to shite shitte ita mono wa, kami no gotoki sonzai de mo nan de mo nai, zannin na keiryaku de, ōkina machigai de shika nakatta no da.”

     “What we knew as Emeria, Ula, and Cosi were not divine beings at all, but a cruel trick, and a grave error.”

3. trouble; an accident

See also

• 問(もん)題(だい) (mondai, “problem”)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.